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BLOWER NOVEMBER 2015
Steve Brumby and daughter Heather in the one day trial Photo Tony Hanrahan
KHANACROSS
17 JANUARY 2016
“THE QUARRY”
BATHURST LIGHT CAR CLUB 416 CONROD STRAIGHT MT PANORAMA PO BOX 444 BATHURST www.blcc.com.au
Office Bearers 2015 – BLCC email: secretary [email protected]
Position Name Contact No. Email President Mick Tuckey 0408 659 862 [email protected] Vice President Scott Sims 02 6362 9784 [email protected] Treasurer Robert Flood 0408 402 729 [email protected] Secretary Donna Sims 02 6362 9784 [email protected] Committee Aiden Hadley [email protected] John Paine 0418 243 616 [email protected] Ian Plenderleith 0438 547 375 [email protected] John Markwick 0467 026 279 [email protected] Nigel Buttriss 0419 911 608 [email protected] Nathan Stevenson 0428 410 636 [email protected] Competition Secretary Mick Williamson 0414 731 788 [email protected] Publicity Officer Aden Hadley [email protected] Blower Editor Tony Hanrahan 02 6337 1355 [email protected] Social Director Helen Mulholland 02 6362 0769 [email protected] Property Officer Robert Wells 0422 819 896 [email protected] Historic Plates Registrar David Robinson 02 6331 7433 [email protected] Cams Delegate Helen Mulholland 02 6362 0769 [email protected] Alt. Cams Delegate David Robinson 0418 652 419 [email protected] Quarry Groundsman John Windsor Membership Officer Phil Burgett 0419 758 825 [email protected] Chaplain Doug Rowan 0427 816 616 [email protected] Website Administrator Kathy Hanrahan 0407 784 590 [email protected] Eligibility Committee Matthew Windsor 0407 353 350 [email protected] Safety / Fire Officer Scott Sims 02 6362 9784 [email protected] Patrons Cam Ashelford Arthur Davis D Moore Robert Wells
WITH SADNESS Members will be saddened with the news of the passing of Leslie Groves, our thoughts are with his wife Pat and their extended family, many whom are members of the club. Les will be remembered for his drives in the Ford GT and in recent years watching family members competing at events. Thanks for the memories.
President’s Report November 2015 Before I start I would again like to remind members of the changed date for this year’s Christmas Party and Presentation Night – It is on Saturday night 19th December and tickets which are supplemented cost wise are available at Matt Windsor’s and David Robinson’s workshops. The change was necessary to facilitate catering and any inconvenience is regretted. Please get your tickets early so as to avoid disappointment. Where did the year go ? They say that time goes faster as you get older- if it goes any quicker I will need a CAMS licence for that.I am a little frustrated with myself that we did not achieve the objective of encouraging more juniors through “Come and Try Event” – hopefully next year if we can muster active assistance. To all members who have vehicles on Historic Registration with BLCC as Primary Club please ensure that your club membership is renewed before 31st December so as to be compliant with RMS requirement with regard to your Green Slip and Registration cover- no current membership at time of use of vehicle makes vehicle technically unregistered in event of any incident- please remember to sort matter early. At a committee level regarding the 60 day Log Booked Historic Registration Trial we have taken the decision to register for inclusion with Roads and Maritime Services for the new system. The RMS should have made necessary adjustments by the time this publication goes to print. After discussion no special conditions were placed on members participating however I would ask from personal perspective that any new members wishing to avail themselves of the benefit that consideration be given to assisting the club as a volunteer on occasion at an event as we need numbers please. Motorkhana and Khannacross events continue to be popular and well supported and I thank those members who are coming forward to assist in filling jobs to facilitate the success of the days for both junior and senior members. Thank you to John Windsor for the maintenance of the grounds and all others in the running of events- it is a big ask and much appreciated. The last event at “The Quarry” has been run and won- thank you to all who made it possible and those competitors who attended. The most recent Vis-Navigation Trial was a little challenging -5 teams took part and Tony kept to form. It was a good day out and fun for all- keep it in mind for next year. Try your skills. As an incentive to assist in attracting new Junior Members and keep those that we are lucky enough to have the cost Of Motorkhanna Entry fees will be reduced to $25 per event starting next season- we hope this helps. Our last club event is looming on last weekend of November and the fields are already full resulting in many competitors missing out- that fact is regretted however cannot be easily overcome with the limitations imposed on us. Will all members please consider assisting us with the running of the events- they don’t happen by themselves. Just because you have not been phoned please do not feel left out CONTACT Scott or myself as we welcome your assistance. On that same note could I ask that members consider getting involved to become Club Chiefs etc moving to Clerks Of Course etc to ensure that BLCC events can remain just that – no officials means no events. That in turn turns into money and fun diminishing. HELP PLEASE – courses can be conducted here in Bathurst to make it cheaper and more achievable. Once you have the qualification it is no burden to carry and the more we have the lighter the load for everybody.
I hope all members had an enjoyable and fulfilling year in your family lives, work and motor sport throughout the year- and we look forward to seeing you next year and so on. I would like to thanks all members and in some cases non members who assisted the club throughout the year to bring again the success we have achieved with events- there are individuals who go beyond the call behind the scenes. Thank you sincerely. Last but not least another note for consideration please look at your available time next year to assist in the running of our great club as new management members may/will be required to take over next year in some roles (training and support will be available/provided and not far away) Please consider as many are getting old. Take care have a lovely Christmas and New Year - drive safe and carefully if and when travelling over the festive season. Yours in Motor Sport Mick Tuckey President 2015
2015/2016 CALENDAR
JANUARY 17 Khanacross BLCC M/Club
FEBRUARY 5 Bathurst 12 Hour 2016 V8 S/C Inter
FEBRUARY 7 Motorkhana BLCC M/Club
MARCH 5 Caves Classic Rally DRS
MARCH 3-6 Clipsal 500 V8 S/C Australian
MARCH 5 NSW Hillclimb championship Rd 1 BLCC NSW
MARCH 6 NSW Hillclimb championship Rd 2 BLCC NSW
MARCH 10 Historic Phillip Island VHRR Australian
MARCH 12 Bathurst Auto Fest BAF Open
MARCH 20 Khanacross BLCC M/Club
MARCH 25 25-28 Easter Motor Festival BMF Australian
APRIL 1-3 Tyrepower Tasmania V8 S/C Australian
APRIL 2 Rally of New England NSW
APRIL 3 Motorkhana BLCC M/Club
APRIL 3 Australian Grand Prix Mar 31 – Apr 3 AGP F1
APRIL 15 April 15-17 WD-40 Phillip Island V8 S/C Australian
APRIL 17 Esses Descent BLCC M/Club
APRIL 23 23th-24th
Oberon Rally AMSAG
APRIL 24 Kempsey, Mt Cooperabung KSCC NSW
MAY 6-8 Perth Supersprint V8 S/C Australian
MAY 7 Coffs Harbour Rally DRS
MAY 14 Nulon Hillclimb Nulon Closed
MAY 15 Nulon Hillclimb Nulon Closed
MAY 20 May 20-22 Winton Supersprint V8 S/C Australian
MAY 21 John Giddings Memorial Rally of Orange AMSAG
MAY 28 National Capital Rally NSW
JUNE 5 Khanacross BLCC M/Club
JUNE 10 10th
/11th
Bega Vally Rally NSW/DRS
JUNE 12 Grafton, Mountainview GSCC NSW
JUNE 17 June 17-19 SKYCITY Darwin V8 S/C Australian
JUNE 26 Supersprint BLCC M/Club
JULY 8 July8-10Castrol EDGE Townsville V8 S/C Australian
JULY 17 Tamworth, Oakburn TSCC NSW
JULY 22 July 22-24 Coates Hire Ipswich V8 S/C Australian
JULY 23 Narooma Forest Rally DRS
JULY 24 Motorkhana BLCC M/Club
JULY 30 Blacksmiths Inn Rally Johns River AMSAG
AUGUST 7 Ringwood Park, Raymond Terrace MG NSW
AUGUST 7 Khanacross BLCC M/Club
August 9 Canberra Hillclimb SDMA NSW
AUGUST 11 Bathurst-Taree Aug 11 – Aug 20 KKR Charity
AUGUST 12 Aug 12-14 KL City GP V8 S/C Australian
AUGUST 13 Rally of the Bay NSW
AUGUST 21 Esses Hillclimb BLCC M/Club
AUGUST 26 Aug 26-28 SMP Supersprint V8 S/C Australian
AUGUST 27 Blayney Rally AMSAG
AUGUST 10 Huntley Hill, Dapto WSCC NSW
SEPTEMBER 11 Motorkhana BLCC M/Club
SEPTEMBER 16 Sep 16-18 Sandown 500 V8 S/C Australian
SEPTEMBER 24 NSW Rally BLCC NSW/DRS
OCTOBER 1 Bulahdelah Rally AMSAG
OCTOBER 6-9 Supercheap Bathurst 1000 V8 S/C Australian
OCTOBER 15 Tumit Valley Rally DRS
OCTOBER 16 Khanacross BLCC M/Club
OCTOBER 21 Oct 21-23 Castrol Gold Coast 600 V8 S/C Australian
OCTOBER 29 Bryant Park, Victoria AHCC Australian
OCTOBER 29 Bombala Rally AMSAG
NOVEMBER 4-6 Auckland Supersprint V8 S/C Australian
NOVEMBER 5 Minidulla DRS
NOVEMBER 13 Motorkhana BLCC M/Club
NOVEMBER 20 Rally Australia Austl/NSW
NOVEMBER 25 Nov 25-27 Sydney 5000 V8 S/C Australian
NOVEMBER 26 Speed Weekend BLCC M/Club
NOVEMBER 27 Speed Weekend BLCC M/Club
DECEMBER 10 Presentation/Christmas Party BLCC Social
2016 RALLY UPDATE
The rally calendars for the 2016 NSW Rally Series’ are very close to being finalised, after many months of discussion, deliberation and negotiation. The 2016 calendar is one of the busiest we’ve seen in many years and includes a number of new and returning events.
The NSW Rally Panel is incredibly excited by the number and variety of events that have applied to be a part of all the NSW Rally Series. As part of the Panel’s overall objective to reignite rallying in NSW, it has long been a goal to see more clubs conducting events. The state of the calendar for 2016 really is testament to the overall health of our sport. The hardest decision you may make in 2016 is in choosing which rallies to run!
Given the large number of new events on the calendars, the Rally Panel is seeking some general feedback and comments from the rally community. About the look and structure of each calendar, and about some of the specific events on each calendar. Please consider the calendars and our comments about each of them below, and if you have any comments send us an email at [email protected] or call Katie on 0406 234 716. The calendars are still in draft, and will be finalised in early December at the next State Executive meeting.
NSWRC
Six rounds, best four to count:
• 2nd April – Rally of New England (Road Book) • 28th May – National Capital Rally (Pacenotes) • 10th-11th June – Bega Valley Rally (Road Book) • 13th August – Rally of the Bay (Pacenotes) • 24th September – Bathurst Rally (Road Book) • 20th November – Rally Australia (tentative) (Pacenotes)
DRS/DRS-4/HRS
Seven rounds, best five to count:
• 5th March – Caves Classic Rally • 7th May – Coffs Harbour Rally • 11th June – Bega Valley Rally • 23rd July – Narooma Forest Rally • 24th September – Bathurst Rally • 15th October – Tumut Valley Rally • 5th November – Minidulla
A New Look Rally Panel for 2016
At the NSW State Executive meeting on October 17, Katie Fletcher was appointed to the position of Chairperson of the NSW Rally Panel for 2016. Acting Panel Chairman Colin Fletcher has now stood down from that position, which means that we now welcome Katie to the role effective immediately.
Katie first joined the NSW Rally Panel in 2013. She brought with her marketing skills with which she initiated the branding change to Rally NSW, the social media presence and the online activities with which Rally NSW has become synonymous. Since then she has led the Rally NSW team (as a subcommittee) to radically and energetically reshape the way the Rally Panel promotes our sport in NSW. Katie will lead the 2016 Panel with energy and enthusiasm, and under her capable stewardship the continued resurgence of NSW rallying is the absolute priority of the Panel.
The 2016 NSW Rally Panel has plans to continue to build on the foundations of the previous two years with some exciting new initiatives in the pipeline. The new funding model has already been announced, which allows individuals to contribute financially and paves the way for more businesses to support the Rally NSW brand. It is planned that this new funding will underpin a raft of initiatives aimed at reducing risk to rally organisers, which should in turn see rallying returning to parts of NSW that have been barren for some time.
The 2016 Panel will continue to be fiscally and fiducially responsible, and employ the highest governance standards, whilst remaining open to input from all clubs and individuals. The final makeup of the 2016 Rally Panel will be announced in coming weeks.
AMSAG 2016
2016 Pipe King AMSAG Southern Cross Rally Series an d new AMSAG Facebook Page announced
A new season approaches and a new look for AMSAG is released. Please go to https://www.facebook.com/AMSAGRallySeries/ to like the page and receive updates moving into the future.
We have taken the steps to create a new page due to constraints in reopening the AMSAG Rally Series Facebook Group to an open group. To explain a little further, after the incident involving John Giddings a decision was made to turn the public AMSAG Facebook Group to a closed group, unfortunately we were not aware at the time that we would not be able to simply return it to an open group as we had more than 250 members.
Now we could have simply deleted everyone to reopen the group and then re-added everyone, however this would have been a very time consuming and tedious task. Therefore we believe this new page is a much simpler and more effective way of reaching our members and sharing news about the upcoming events and other news concerning AMSAG and the Southern Cross Rally Series.
You will still be able to make posts onto the page, as per the group, and we will still be able to effectively and efficiently pass on news and updates to everyone.
With this, we wish to announce the calendar for the 2016 Pipe King AMSAG Southern Cross Rally Series.
The year will kick off with 2 Non Series events both being Rallysprint events rather than the traditional rallies. These events will not count towards the Pipe King AMSAG Southern Cross Rally Series, however depending upon their popularity, we may look at changing that for 2017.
The first event will be a Rallysprint on 27th February to be held around Tathra on the South Coast directed by Pip Barker. And the second Rallysprint will be on 2nd April in the Jenolan area and directed by Jamie Neale. We will have further details about these events as they get closer.
For the Pipe King AMSAG Southern Cross Rally Series, the rounds will be as follows:-Round 1 - Oberon Rally - 23rd & 24th April to be directed by Stuart Southam & Richard Montford
Round 2 - John Giddings Memorial Rally of Orange - 21st May to be directed by Peter Crich
Round 3 - Blacksmiths Inn Rally Johns River - 30th July to be directed by Pacific Rally Club (Stuart Southam & co)
Round 4 - Blayney Rally - 27th August to be directed by Peter Crich
Round 5 - Bulahdelah Rally - 1st October to be directed by Paul Bramble
Round 6 - Bombala Rally - 29th & 30th October (director TBA)
Facebook Events have been created on this page for each round, if you could express your interest for each event it would be greatly appreciated, we will share more details about the events as they come up and we have some exciting plans in place that have either not been done for a long time, or never before within AMSAG.
2016 is shaping up to be a great year for AMSAG and we can't wait to get the wheels rolling for the new season.
Details regarding the Presentation Night and AGM with also be released shortly.
2016 CAMS N.S.W. Hillclimb Championship
Calendar
BLCC 5/03/16 Round 1 Bathurst, The Esses BLCC. 6/03/16 Round 2 Bathurst, Mt. Straight KSCC 24/04/16 Round 3 Kempsey, Mt Cooperabung GSCC 12/06/16 Round 4 Grafton, Mountainview TSCC 17/07/16 Round 5 Tamworth, Oakburn Park MGNew. 7/08/16 Round 6 Ringwood Park, Raymond Terrace SDMA 25/09/16 Round 7 Canberra Hillclimb WSCC 23/10/16 Round 8 Huntley Hill, Dapto, Wollongong AHCC 2930/10/16 Bryant Park, Victoria
CHANGE TO CLASS RULES
For 2016 and forward years, classes for four wheel drive vehicles in motorkhana and Khanacross events will be separated into naturally aspirated and forced induction classes. An updated version of the club championship rules are available on the BLCC web site
CHANGE TO CLASS RULES
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2015
Trials
Series
NAME 10/04/2015 22/04/2015 10/07/2015 8/11/2015 STARTS TOTAL Trevor Seaman 19 19 20 39 4 101 Robert Wells 19 19 19 40 4 101 Christine Wells 19 19 19 40 4 101 Jeff West 19 0 19 40 3 81 Mick Tuckey 19 19 0 39 3 80
Peter Tuckey 0 19 0 39 3 61 Graham Kilby 0 0 20 39 2 61 Steve Brumby 0 0 0 40 1 41 Heather Brumby 0 0 0 40 1 41 Tony Jordan 0 0 0 40 1 41 Bev Jordan 0 0 0 40 1 41 Arthur Davis 0 19 17 0 2 38 John Paine 0 0 0 37 1 38 Maree Paine 0 0 0 37 1 38 Wayne Bowden 0 19 0 0 1 20 Daniel Bowes 19 0 0 0 1 20
Sarah Stevens 19 0 0 0 1 20
Kim Davis 0 0 17 0 1 18 Kate Davis 0 0 17 0 1 18 Martin McLoughlin 0 0 10 0 1 11 Grant Moiler 0 0 10 0 1 11
THREE WAY TIE FOR ROB WORBOYS MEMORIAL TROPHY
After four rounds of the Rob Worboys Memorial Trials Series there was a three way tie for first place between Trevor Seaman, Robert and Christine Wells. Trevor went into the final round with a one point lead but dropped a point to allow Robert and Christine to close the gap. Five teams contested the final round, starting in Bathurst winding its way to Molong for lunch before returning to the BLCC for the finish. Three teams finished with a perfect score Robert and Christine Wells with Jeff West (Subaru), Steve and Heather Brumby (Alfa Romeo), Tony and Bev Jordan (Triumph) A pleasant surprise at lunch was Gwyn Mulholland and Queensland member Donnie Vidler arriving, in the Mulholland’s Austin Healy, for lunch.
Donnie Vidler facing and John Paine Phot o Tony Hanrahan
Steve and Heather Brumby (left) with Trevor Seaman Photo Tony Hanr ahan
The series will be conducted again in 2016 so get your crews together for some light fun.
6 HOUR REGULARITY RELAY
Khanacross
January 17th
2016
Ron and Jo Moore were out after succumbing to wildl ife damage Photo Geoff Benson
Joe Chapman and Adrian Grabham winning style Photo Geoff Benson
CHAPMAN WINS AT OBERON The Chapman/ Grabham WRX finished first outright and allowed Joe Chapman to secure the 2015 AMSAG championship. Joe was in a battle with Ron Moore for outright going into the Oberon round and Ron was ahead after the first two stages when the Moore’s EVO 6 had an altercation with some wildlife and their rally was over
John Hills and Mick Tuckey at Oberon Photo Geoff Benson
TOBY TAKES NOVEMBER KHANACROSS Twenty eight drivers contested the November Khanacross over seven classes with Toby Ivanovic (Impreza) the fastest for the day. Toby defeated David Catt and Ian Plenderleith while Harrison Hudson was the quickest junior
Ian Plenderleith on his way to 3 rd Photo Geoff Benson
Scott & Geoff Simms shared the Toyota Photo Geoff Benson
Doug Barry finished the Speed weekend as fastest ov er the 2 days Photo Tony Hanrahan
Mark Hammond in the Jaguar XJS Photo To ny Hanrahan
Calm before the storm. BLCC officials at the finis h line Photo Tony Hanra han
Blair Fraser made the trip from Victoria Photo T ony Hanrahan
Doug Barry takes speed weekend
Doug Barry gave his V8 Supercar an outing at the end of season and took a win after finishing first outright in Saturdays Supersprint and second outright in the Sunday hillclimb. Both days attracted full fields, a pleasing result, and a special thanks to all the officials who were on duty.
Wayne is that a ½ bird or are your just saying HI? PS nice car did you steal it Photo Tony Hanrahan
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THE 2016 HI-TEC OILS BATHURST 6 HOUR
A bumper grid is assured when the 2016 Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour makes its debut at the Bathurst Motor Festival next Easter.
50 entries across 8 different classes have been received by organisers at the time of the ‘early bird’ entry offer closing, though final entries do not need to be submitted by until 28 February next year allowing plenty of time for the grid to grow further.
The entry list reads as a ‘who’s who’ of Australian Production Car racing from both the NSW Production Touring Car series and the Australian Manufacturers / Production Car Championship and points to a strong kick-off for the brand new Bathurst enduro.
The massive field is set to provide an enthralling spectacle for fans and a great race for competitors, with a grid that goes back to Bathurst’s history of providing big fields of production-based cars and multi-class racing.
Strong competition is expected throughout the deep field with a wide spread of vehicles catering to all kinds of motoring fans.
17 entries have been received for the outright A1/A2 classes catering for ‘extreme’ performance cars both turbocharged and normally aspirated.
Two cars each from CXC Global Racing, Melbourne Performance Centre and Jim Pollicina’s Poll Performance outfit will help tip the ledger in favour of Mitsubishi’s popular Lancer Evolution, though former Formula Vee and Sports Racer national champion Adam Proctor will be hoping for a strong run from his all-new Subaru Impreza WRX STi.
BMW fans will have strong entries from Beric Lynton and Kyntire Racing (BMW 1Ms) and the Searle family outfit (M135i).
The normally aspirated class features a host of HSV Commodore models with their big V8’s set to stretch their legs up and down Mount Panorama’s long straights.
Class B1 and B2, for high performance cars both turbocharged or normally aspirated, includes a diverse mix of entries including Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo, a range of different BMW models and plenty of Aussie muscle.
Class C (Performance) includes cars like Rick Shaw’s Mazda RX-8, a host of Renault Megane entries and several BMWs.
A strong 10-car entry has been received for Class D (Production) made up primarily of a host of Toyota’s incredibly popular rear-drive ‘86’ sports car – six of that model having been entered. The ‘baby’ class E has received two entries while the Invitational class includes three AU Ford Falcons from the ranks of Australian Saloon Car competition.
The Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour will be streamed live via the www.bathurstmotorfestival.com.au website with post-produced TV coverage to air on SBS Speedweek following the race.
Officials, Competitors and Friends enjoying the 2015 Christmas Party & Presentation Night.
Congratulations to all the award recipients and it was great to see our officials celebrated.
100 members and guests enjoyed the night pointing to a very successful 2016.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL
SEE YOU ALL IN
2016